Exam 2: Preface

A patient diagnosed with type 1 diabetes has orders for fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)as part of a diagnostic work-up for possible Parkinson's disease.The nurse should plan for this procedure to occur:

When preparing a child for a sweat test, the nurse should clean the skin on the:

A nurse is collecting morning blood specimens from a geriatric patient with small veins that collapse or disappear when the nurse tries to insert the needle.The patient has IV fluids infusing through a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)in the left antecubital area.After two attempts in the right antecubital space using a Vacutainer, the nurse is unable to obtain the required specimens.Which action is most appropriate for the nurse to take next?

A young woman who is planning to become pregnant is informed that she has tested positive for hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb).The patient asks a nurse what this means.Which response by the nurse is correct?

A patient who recently completed a multigated blood pool imaging (MUGA)scan asks what it means that the test showed an ejection fraction of 65%.Which answer by the nurse is most accurate?

A patient with angle-closure glaucoma is scheduled for fundus photography.When preparing the patient for the procedure, which medication order should the nurse question?

Following an outpatient endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), a nurse's first priority should be to monitor the patient for:

A patient with a history of inflammatory bowel disease is ready to return home from the radiology department following a gastrointestinal blood loss scan.Prior to discharge, a nurse should instruct the patient to:

A nurse is assisting with a bronchoscopy procedure with a rigid bronchoscope.Which of the following are advantages of the rigid bronchoscope compared with the flexible bronchoscope? Select all that apply.

A patient is suspected of having myasthenia gravis.Which of the following biopsy procedures should the nurse expect to be performed to assist in diagnosing this condition?

A patient is suspected of having congenital hypothyroidism.Which test would be most appropriate initially for confirming this suspicion?

A patient requiring frequent blood samples tells the nurse preparing to obtain a specimen that "the best vein is here in my right elbow on the side." The nurse observes that the vein is visible and palpable and has mild ecchymosis, but no pain.Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

A nurse obtains a rectal swab for culture on a patient admitted from a long-term care setting for elective orthopedic surgery in an acute care facility.The nurse should assist the patient to assume which of the following positions?

A nurse is assisting with tuning fork tests to assess for hearing loss in a patient.Which of the following would indicate conduction hearing loss?

A patient's laboratory test results indicate a positive finding for hepatitis A antibody.Given this virus's primary mode of transmission, the nurse should provide teaching to the patient on which of the following?

A nurse is providing instructions to a patient who will be undergoing testing for urine vanillylmandelic acid (VMA).Which of the following should the nurse tell this patient? Select all that apply.

A nurse is collecting blood from a patient for natriuretic peptide testing.This test assists in diagnosing which of the following?

A patient who is in the second trimester of pregnancy reports urinary urgency and nocturia.The urine dipstick results are negative for nitrite and positive for leukocyte esterase.Which orders should the nurse anticipate when reporting this result to the requesting health-care provider?

A health-care provider has recommended that a patient undergo testing to determine risk for blood clots and stroke.Which test would be most appropriate for this purpose?

A patient's laboratory test results indicate an elevated total triiodothyronine level.This finding is consistent with which of the following conditions? Select all that apply.